who wrote a book to oppose the book “life of jesus” by David Strauss?
during 19th century, a famous bible scholar David Strauss wrote the book”life of jesus” support the idea that most of stories in four gospels about jesus and his apostles are base on pagan myths.many atheists believe in his book they also conclude that there is no reliable history about the existence of jesus.however,many element in the gospel can be found in pagan myths.who wrote book to give rebuttal the the book “life of jesus”.
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Answer by Bruce
Albert Schweitzer answered Strauss in The Quest of the Historical Jesus (1906), Strauss’s arguments “filled in the death-certificates of a whole series of explanations which, at first sight, have all the air of being alive, but are not really so.” He adds that there are two broad periods of academic research in the quest for the historical Jesus, namely, “the period before David Strauss and the period after David Strauss.”
One of the more controversial interpretations that Strauss introduced to the understanding of the historical Jesus, is his interpretation of Virgin Birth. In the Demythologization, Strauss’s response was reminiscent of the German Rationalist movement in Protestant theology. According to Strauss, Jesus’ Virgin Birth was added to the biography of Jesus, as a legend in order to honor him in the way that Gentiles most often honored their greatest historical figures. However, Strauss believed that greater honour would be given to Christ if the Virgin Birth were not present and Joseph recognised as the legitimate father of Christ.
Demythologization is clearly a dead-end because the historicity of the gospels in increasingly backed by scholarship. The NT accounts of Jesus exhibit many signs of historic credibility. The heirs of Strauss (e.g., the Jesus Seminar) are increasingly recognized as out of touch with critical scholarship in this area, and their idea of voting for passages that have historical support is increasingly recognized as ludicrous.
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Bruce
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